A file picture of a paddy area. The deflated balloon was discovered in a farmer’s area in Gaddi Karivinakoppa village, close to Bagewadi in Belagavi district of Karnataka, on March 9, 2023.
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Police rushed to a farmer’s area in Gaddi Karivinakoppa village close to Bagewadi in Belagavi district of Karnataka on March 9 after villagers complained of a mysterious balloon.
They had discovered a deflated balloon fallen on the bottom. The balloon had a battery set and a plastic field containing one thing resembling an digital circuit. The elements have been retrieved and brought to Belagavi.
Some villagers speculated that it was a spy balloon despatched by enemy forces. Some claimed that it was much like the Chinese balloons flown over the usA. Young individuals started importing photos and movies of the Chinese balloons, together with that of the balloon discovered in the village, on social media.
Belagavi Superintendent of Police Sanjiv Patil stated specialists of the forensic sciences laboratory would study the fabric.
